Excerpt from The 1964 World Agricultural Situation Contributing most to the expected. Per capita decline in the world supply of agricultural products from to are reductions in wheat and milk output. Sugar and rice production, however, has increased. Production of edible oilseeds, other fats and oils, and feedgrains' has remained at high levels. Meat and egg output has continued upward. Tobacco production has increased significantly. Cotton production has climbed to a record high, but other fiber crops generally have declined slightly. World exports of farm products rose slightly in 1962, while U. S. Exports maintained their previous level of slightly more than $5 billion. Some rise is expected in exports of both the United States and the rest of the world for calendar year 1963. A further rise is expected in U. S. And Canadian farm exports to new highs during the year ending June 30, 1964. Fiscal year 1963 U. S, farm exports were valued at million compared with million the previous year. During the latter part of 1962 and in 1963, a rise in world prices of farm products brought them more closely in line with prices of lnonfarm products than in recent years. A substantial rise in world prices of primary food products occurred in 1963. Rises were significant for sugar, corn, and some livestock products, especially butter. There was a smaller rise in prices of many food products and of nonfood farm products generally. Wool and sisal prices rose sharply. Some other prices, such as those for tobacco and cotton, rose slightly, while the price of natural rubber declined sharply. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.